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Re: Jonathan Franzen’s 10 Rules
for Novelists

joel garry — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 19:47:35 -0000

Twitter is ripping this fellow a new one https://twitter.com/ChuckWe...

Re: Martins Beach: U.S. Supreme Court

joel garry — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:37:57 -0000

The clock starts over with any event that violates the prescriptive easement, including giving permission (ie, opening the gate or charging ten bucks)

Re: The Invisible Women With Autism

joel garry — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 14:12:21 -0000

It's obvious when the date <> today's date. But when they are equal, it just looks like today's date. Would be more clear with "posted on date/time," and updating history if necessary. It is online, after all, some things are Right Now, some things are When?

Re: The Invisible Women With Autism

joel garry — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:53:41 -0000

I see the month in the url. I see the time after the headline. I don't see the day published anywhere.

Re: 19 Best Roadsters of All Time

joel garry — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 20:07:59 -0000

Why in the world do you have two non-roadsters (Volvo and Ferrari) in this silly list?

Re: Troy Hunt: This is your bank, please verify your details – No, you verify YOUR details!

joel garry — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 19:55:31 -0000

I also had this happen a few years ago, this time of year, with a credit card I used rarely. In the end, I got to the fraud department through the number on the card, and they asked me if I had recently bought toys at some big toy place in New York. Since I'm in California, it was easy to say no. I was also quite amazed they would do such a cold call.

I had only used that card once that year, at Knotts Berry Farm Restaurant. Can you say dumpster diving? (Or inside job).

Re: Don’t Build Your Social Media House on a Rented Lot

joel garry — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:46:30 -0000

We had Escape From New York, Escape From Los Angeles, now Escape From Email http://www.utsandiego.com/n...

Re: Oracle: There IS a bug in our in-memory database

joel garry — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 13:22:27 -0000

DBA usually means database administrator. An architect is a different animal.

Re: I am here to teach you about animals in space - The Oatmeal

joel garry — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:39:17 -0000

I have dibs on Toner Low

Re: Discussion of: Guy's Hilarious Obit: 'Don't Email Me, I'm Dead' - Adman Kevin McGroarty leaves his loved ones cackling

joel garry — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:32:33 -0000

LinkedIn asked me to rate a skill of my recently deceased cousin. I thought it was hilarious, including when people tried to comfort me after I tweeted about it (but I do appreciate that, people).

Re: Breaking: Rian Johnson to Write and Direct Star Wars: Episodes VIII and IX!

joel garry — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 19:04:42 -0000

As (Happy Birthday Martin Landau!) Ed Wood demonstrated, not possible.

Re: Breaking: Rian Johnson to Write and Direct Star Wars: Episodes VIII and IX!

joel garry — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 19:03:51 -0000

In Chinese, with subtitles.

Re: California lawmakers push 'gun violence restraining order' after mass killing

joel garry — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:33:02 -0000

You mean witches?

Re: Can’t Your Wife Do That?

joel garry — Fri, 30 May 2014 17:55:57 -0000

I once was looking real rough after an all-nighter upgrade, and the big milspec boss commented I should have my wife iron my shirt. I had to bite my tongue. Wife has a doctorate in clinical psychology, and I had to bite back "yeah, I'll have her let that guy jump off the bridge so she can do that."

Re: Will You Be Targeted By Google’s Robot Car?

joel garry — Wed, 07 May 2014 20:01:43 -0000

Not only that, but everyone seems to ignore the fact that even the most stable road condition, railroad, automated systems have failed over and over. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...

Amtrak is implementing positive train control. It's based on GPS. What could _possibly_ go wrong with that?

Re: Will You Be Targeted By Google’s Robot Car?

joel garry — Wed, 07 May 2014 19:40:33 -0000

Asimov's magazine had a great story about intelligent cars hacked with a virus so they attack people. "Old Paint." Hero of story was older car hacked by original owner to be more protective of its occupants.

Re: Giraffe riddle: Why you're probably answering the Facebook riddle wrong

joel garry — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:58:44 -0000

If my long dead parents showed up on my doorstep, I most definitely would not open the door.

Re: With So Many Job Openings, Why So Little Hiring?

joel garry — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 20:07:54 -0000

4th reason: companies have temps, advertise for cheaper fulltime, but are way picky because they have temps.

Re: Are coders worth it?

joel garry — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:01:54 -0000

In case you hadn't noticed, crappy ideas win.

Re: Are coders worth it?

joel garry — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:53:20 -0000

Have you paid for a plumber lately?

But the essence of the article is true. The same thing happened when Macs came out and people played with those pretty colors. Where are those people now? That's why I've stayed on the back end databases, it simply seems silly to compete against every high school student with a PC. Shared information is on a higher level of abstraction.

For the long term, you have to learn the basics and be able to think and adapt. "Here's a nickel, kid, go buy yourself a computer."

The demand curve is all out of whack. When it normalizes and people go after the next shiny thing, only those who truly love what they do, that happens to be a long-term skill, will keep doing it. The rest will go off on a "journey of self discovery" (read: parents basement) and eventually get some crappy job.

Re: Don't panic. RTFM.

joel garry — Wed, 29 May 2013 17:27:47 -0000

I shared this story about sudden not-single-file a while ago: http://groups.google.com/gr...

Re: Why bad user interface design keeps me up at night

joel garry — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:45:59 -0000

I bought an expensive lifetime filter for my Heater/AC, with a built-in smoke detector (9V powered). When I got a new Heater/AC, I didn't think to specify the filter size, and of course they changed it. So I had the now-useless expensive filter sitting in the basement. And of course they always start beeping at 3AM, but this one was a puzzler, took days to figure out where the sound was coming from, after I changed the battery in the smoke detector. (Actually my house has 2 H/AC, and they both have different sizes than the original, and they threw away one of my expensive filters after I said to keep it. Grr. )

My CO detector has an evil orange glow.

Re: Etsy CTO: Prioritizing Diversity in Our Hiring Fielded Better Women ... and Men

joel garry — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:08:28 -0000

It agrees with my personal observation in the '80's in midsize computer environments. Many were from whatever part of the world was having political/economic issues - Iran, South Africa, Central and South America, Russia etc. They could go through a tech school and start on the American dream. When I went to startup environments, hardly any women at all.

Re: Luscious Links and Things

joel garry — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:44:30 -0000

That cat-curiosity jpeg on the nostalgic history made my day. http://www.alicesastroinfo....

Re: Random Links on a Tuesday

joel garry — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:53:43 -0000

Time for a remake of the movie Duel.

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Re: Jonathan Franzen’s 10 Rules for Novelists

Re: Martins Beach: U.S. Supreme Court

Re: The Invisible Women With Autism

Re: The Invisible Women With Autism

Re: 19 Best Roadsters of All Time

Re: Troy Hunt: This is your bank, please verify your details – No, you verify YOUR details!

Re: Don’t Build Your Social Media House on a Rented Lot

Re: Oracle: There IS a bug in our in-memory database

Re: I am here to teach you about animals in space - The Oatmeal

Re: Discussion of: Guy's Hilarious Obit: 'Don't Email Me, I'm Dead' - Adman Kevin McGroarty leaves his loved ones cackling

Re: Breaking: Rian Johnson to Write and Direct Star Wars: Episodes VIII and IX!

Re: Breaking: Rian Johnson to Write and Direct Star Wars: Episodes VIII and IX!

Re: California lawmakers push 'gun violence restraining order' after mass killing

Re: Can’t Your Wife Do That?

Re: Will You Be Targeted By Google’s Robot Car?

Re: Will You Be Targeted By Google’s Robot Car?

Re: Giraffe riddle: Why you're probably answering the Facebook riddle wrong

Re: With So Many Job Openings, Why So Little Hiring?

Re: Are coders worth it?

Re: Are coders worth it?

Re: Don't panic. RTFM.

Re: Why bad user interface design keeps me up at night

Re: Etsy CTO: Prioritizing Diversity in Our Hiring Fielded Better Women ... and Men

Re: Luscious Links and Things

Re: Random Links on a Tuesday

Re: Jonathan Franzen’s 10 Rules
for Novelists